# Farm laws

• Supreme court stayed the implementation of controversial farm laws.

• Supreme court has also proposed a committee chaired by former chief justice of India to amicably resolve the stand off between farmers and union government.

• Farmer unions’s have rejected the proposal of creating a committee by Supreme court.

# Covishield

• Prime minister Narendra modi on monday announced that the state government would not have to pay for vaccinating the priority group of three crore healthcare and frontline workers.

• The central government would bear the cost of vaccinating these priority groups.

# PM-Kisan beneficiary

• PM-kisan payments worth rupees 1,304 crore have been wrongly made to more than 20 lakh ineligible beneficiaries and income tax paying farmers.

• This information has been provided by the agricultural ministry in response to an RTI request.

• Punjab tops the list of states, accounting for 23% of those who wrongly received money.

# poultry markets

• The centre on monday asked the state government not to shut down poultry markets or restrict sale of eggs or broilers chicken meat in the wake of the avian influenza outbreak.

• There is no need to panic as there have never been any case of bird flu being transmitted to humans in India.

• There is no danger of such transmission if the meat is properly cooked.

• The WHO has said that the virus will be destroyed if poultry products are cooked at 70 degree celsius or above.

# Dzuko valley wildfire

• The wildfire at Dzuko valley straddling the manipur-Nagaland border has been doused after it razed for two weeks.

• The Dzuko valley is situated at an average altitude of 2452 metres.

• It is a popular trekking destination known for its exotic flowers.

• The Nagaland state disaster management authority will access the damage caused to the forest, environment and other flora and fauna in Dzuko valley.

# steel prices

• Steel prices have surged due to surge in global price ore, the main raw material.

• Steel prices have soared due to soar in demand of steel in china and dip in the production of iron ore in India.